Board supports petitions: defining practice of law, earning on-demand CLE, comity for nonresidents, and more

Our State Bar reports on the December 8, 2006 meeting of its Board of Governors.

The board approved the UPL Policy Committee's proposed changes to SCR Chapter 23, Regulation of the Unauthorized Practice of Law. The new rule defines the practice of law and places the investigation of and enforcement to prohibit UPL with the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR). ...

The board unanimously approved in concept the idea of petitioning the supreme court to adopt a comity rule regarding CLE reporting by nonresident Bar members. ...

The board approved a Nonresident Lawyers Division (NRLD) request to petition the supreme court to amend SCR 10.05 to increase the representation of nonresident lawyers on the Board of Governors from three to five. ...

...the board took no position on a petition relating to settlements reached through ADR. The board unanimously supported authorizing interested sections to appear before the supreme court on this matter. ...

Here are the "draft" minutes from the Board's September 29-30, 2006 meeting [20 pp. WordPerfect].

'Virginia Law Weekly' Nabs ABA Award for Best Newspaper

Mary Wood reports in UVA Lawyer, Fall 2006.

Kabealo [editor-in-chief John Kabealo] credited the win to The Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo, the Law Weekly staff as a whole, and to former editor-in-chief Lee Kolber, who made it a priority to upgrade the organization’s decade-old computers and software.

'Brew City Redev. Group LLC v. The Ferchill Group' 2006 WI 128

297 Wis. 2d 606, 724 N.W.2d 879 (2004AP3238)

Shedding Light on Recent Developments Affecting LLCs, by Joseph W. Boucher, George R. Kamperschroer and Jennifer L. Knudson, Wisconsin Lawyer, August 2008